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DATE: July 2, 2013
TO:
FROM:
RE:
State Supervisors
Human Resource Directors/Designees
Labor Relations Directors/Designees
Carolyn J. Trevis
Acting Assistant Commissioner/State Negotiator
Expansion of Sick Leave Benefits
The Minnesota legislature recently passed a law which expands employees’ entitlement to use
accrued sick leave benefits. Effective August 1, 2013, state employees may use paid sick leave
for reasonable periods of time as the employee’s attendance may be necessary due to the illness
or injury of the following family members:
Adult children
Spouse
Brother or Sister
Parent
Stepparent
Grandparent
The new law expands prior law that allowed for the use of sick leave for the illness or injury of an
employee’s “child” (including stepchild and biological, adopted and foster child). Along with the
expansion to include additional family members, this law does not require that these persons live in
the employee’s household.
An employer may limit the use of personal sick leave for the illness or injury of the employee’s:
adult child; spouse not living in household; brother or sister; parent or stepparent not living in
household; or grandparent to a cap of 160 hours in any 12-month period.
The new law is an expansion of what is currently found in the sick leave article of the labor
contracts and Plans. You are to apply the expanded provisions of the law, as well as the sick
leave provisions of the applicable contract/Plan.
If you have any questions, please contact your Labor Relations representative.
400 Centennial Building ● 658 Cedar Street ● St. Paul, Minnesota 55155
Voice: (651) 201-8000 ● Fax: (651) 296-8685 ● TTY: MN Relay 711
An Equal Opportunity Employer
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